Hexagram 50, Dǐng (The Cauldron): Line 3
鼎卦九三 · 火风鼎 · 中文版
九三：鼎耳革，其行塞，雉膏不食，方雨亏悔，终吉。
The line (Legge)
The third NINE, undivided, shows the caldron with (the places of) its ears changed. The progress (of its subject) is (thus) stopped. The fat flesh of the pheasant (which is in the caldron) will not be eaten. But the (genial) rain will come, and the grounds for repentance will disappear. There will be good fortune in the end.
Small Image commentary
'There is the caldron with (the places for) its ears changed:' - (its subject) has failed in what was required of him (in his situation).
象曰：鼎耳革，失其义也。
In plain words
The cauldron's handles are changed and it cannot be moved; the rich pheasant fat is not eaten; when the rain comes, regret lessens, and in the end there is good fortune. The handles, where the cauldron is lifted, stand for the fifth line. The third line is strong but not central and does not correspond to the fifth: it has talent but is not used. The Small Image says the changed handles have lost their purpose.
Applying it to your situation
If you have ability but no one values it yet, this line suggests waiting until the timing fits, and you will be used. While you wait, how can you keep your "flavour"?
Position
A solid (yang) line in the third place, which is a yang (odd) place, so it is in its proper place. Its partner is line 6; both are yang, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Dǐng changes into Hexagram 64 Wèi Jì (Before Completion). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·鼎之未济.
The hexagram
Hexagram 50 Dǐng (The Cauldron). The Judgment: Ding gives the intimation of great progress and success.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.